Synonyms for declaratory


Grammar : Adj
Spell : dih-klar-uh-tiv
Phonetic Transcription : dɪˈklær ə tɪv


Définition of declaratory

Origin :
  • mid-15c., from Medieval Latin declaratorius, from Latin declarator, from declarare (see declare).
  • adj declarative
Example sentences :
  • The declaratory act was passed to save the dignity of parliament.
  • Extract from : « The Political History of England - Vol. X. » by William Hunt
  • One native dissented from the report, and favored a declaratory law.
  • Extract from : « Greater Britain » by Charles Wentworth Dilke
  • On the contrary, it accompanied the repeal with a Declaratory Act.
  • Extract from : « History of the United States » by Charles A. Beard and Mary R. Beard
  • It is declaratory and follows the form of a poem, not an argument.
  • Extract from : « Children of the Market Place » by Edgar Lee Masters
  • In the declaratory, religious form, the New Testament is a sufficient example of this doctrine.
  • Extract from : « The Church of St. Bunco » by Gordon Clark
  • The primitive forms of absolution, when confession was made to a priest, were precatory rather than declaratory.
  • Extract from : « The Expositor's Bible: » by Alfred Plummer
  • The third series was declaratory of the duty of Congress to the loyal citizens in the rebel States.
  • Extract from : « The Struggle between President Johnson and Congress over Reconstruction » by Charles Ernest Chadsey
  • No doubt whatever existed as to the intention of the repeal of the Declaratory Law.
  • Extract from : « Memoirs of the Courts and Cabinets of George the Third » by The Duke of Buckingham and Chandos
  • They were declaratory acts, framed for the purpose of exacting from Leopold II.
  • Extract from : « Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 65, No. 403, May, 1849 » by Various
  • I consider the bill before us merely in the light of a declaratory law.
  • Extract from : « Abridgement of the Debates of Congress, from 1789 to 1856 (4 of 16 vol.) » by Various

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